Cigar package



April 23, 1935. J, Q BACK CIGAR PACKAGE Filed sept.' 21, 1954 ImventorJose/91 Back BB g a Gttotneg atented Apr. 23, 17935 UNITED STATES CIGARPACKAGE Joseph E. Back, Garden City, N. Y., assigner of one-habi to LeoC. Parker, Boston, Mass;

Application September 21, 1934, Serial No. `'144,868

Y The present invention relates to a cigar pack- .age, and the presentapplication constitutes a continuation in part of my prior co-pendingapplicaticn Serial Numbers 73i,873, filed June 22,

i934. and 736,516, led July 23, 1934.

An object of this invention is to encase a cigar within a shield andenclose both the cigar and the shield in a wrapper which may be easilyremoved when opening the package.

Another object is to provide a shield which may comprise a thin sheet ofcedar Wood, long used for preserving cigars and enhancing the aroma ol'the cigars, and which may have pivoted or otherwise placed thereon ortherein desired i5 characters, insignia, names, trade-marks and thelike; and to providea wrapper of transparent material enclosing both thecigar and the shield and through which may be viewed not only thewrapper and its characters but alsothe cigar at 2o the ends or throughthe shield if so constructed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cigar packagewhich may be opened for removing the cigar from both the outside wrapperand the inner shield without contact of the ilngers or hand with the tipor mouth end of the cigar so that the package is hygienic and sanitaryin character not only as to the` protection of the cigar when removedfrom the cigar box, and when carried in the pocket and handled,

3o but also in the actual opening of the package for using the cigar.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out35 in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to Alike or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cigar pack- 4o age held in thehand and in a partially opened position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the closed package as appearingimmediately after removal from the cigar box or the like.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken through the mouth end ortip end of the cigar package showing one means of sealing or closing thetip end of the package, the dotted lines show-- ing the wrapper prior toclosing or sealing.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the opposite end of thepackage showing the freely foldedend thereof.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the butt end of thepackage showing the freely folded end of the wrapper, the dotted linesshow- Cil ing the final open position of the wrapper when operated, asshown in Figure 1. Figure 6 is a. transverse enlarged section takenthrough an intermediate portion of the package, and 5 Figure '7 is adetail plan view of the blank from which the shield or inner wrapper isformed.

Referring now to the drawing. I0 designates a cigar of any approvedshape Aor construction adapted to bek encased in a package. The cigar 10I0 is wrapped or enclosed within a shield or inner wrapper II preferablymade of a thin sheet of cedar wood with a blank which may be cutrectangular, as shown in Figure 7. As seen in Figure 6, the blank 'I maybe rolled or bent into l5 tubular form after the wood is steamedor'bth'- erwise suitably treated to prevent fracture or splitting of theWood during the .bending operation. 'I'his shield II is preferably bentor rolled to the general conguration of. the :exterior of the cigar Illand the shield II is of a length equal substantially to that of thecigar I0 so that the opposite ends of the cigar are protected orshieldfi, f, ed against impact with surrounding objects.

inner wrapper or shield II may be provided, as' at;

shown particularly in Figure 7, with printed matter-or `characters I2which may be printed, embossed,lstamped perforated or otherwise providedupon or in the wood sheet. Of course other suitable substa'nces thanwood may be used in the 30 making of the shield II provided they havethe; necessary inherent stiffness .to protect the cigarand admit of theoperation of opening the package as' will hereinafter appear. l

` 'I'he longitudinal edge portions of the shield II preferably overlapat' oneside of the cigar III, as shown in Figure 6, andthe shield islpreferably held in place by means of an outer covering or wrapperI3,.and the latte;l is preferably of transparent material of a suitablecharacter admit- 40 ting of the folding or creasing of the wrapper I3 atopposite ends to close* the package.

The transparent wrapper I3 admits of the visua inspection of the shieldI I with its characters I2 or other devices or structural. featureswithoutA removing the o uter wrapp'eriand 'so that the con-` tents ofthe package may be readily determined. At the tip end of the package,the outer wrapper' I3 is folded and bent over into relatively flatposition in angular relation to the walls of the Vshield II and wrapperI3 to form a closed end Il for the package. This closed end I4 may besealed by an adhesive or otherwise so as to "perl-a manently ,close thewrapper while in use. tip end of the cigar IIi is thus protectedagainstcontact with the fingers, dust, moisture and the like so as topreserve the cigar against the outside air and to close the cigar in arelatively small compartment with the cedar wood shield H.

As shown in Figure 4, the opposite end of the cigar package is providedwith a fold I5 which is carried across the butt end of the package inrelatively flat position and in angular relation to the adjacent wallsof the shield II and wrapper I3. The fold I5 terminates in a tongue I6which is left free, or substantially so and may be lapped against one ofthe exterior sides of the package so as to be held in place by thecreasing of the fold and also by the pressure and weight of the packagewhen used in multiple in a cigar box or the like. The exteriortransparent wrapper i3 is relatively slidable on the shield II so thatwhen it is desired to open the package it is only necessary to grasp theintermediate portion thereof between the thumb and ngers of one hand andto press one of the fingers, suchas the index finger against the tip endI4 of the package.

This operation causes the tip end of the flexible wrapper I3 to creaseand buckle inwardly while the shield I I slides lengthwise in the majorportion of the wrapper I3 and abuts against the freely folded end I5 ofthe wrapper so as to force the same into open position, as shown inFigure 1. Further pressure of the ngers on the butt end of the packageejects the shield I I beyond the unfolded end -of the wrapper I3 adistance sufficient to admit grasping of the shield and cigar by theother hand so that the shield with the cigar may be quickly and easilywithdrawn from the outer wrapper.

It will be noted that when the wrapper is closed, as shown in Figure 2,the opposite ends of the package are fiat so that the packages may bedisposed in rows in a cigar box or package in the usual manner ofpackaging cigars. It will also be noted that the outer wrapper whenclosed is in effect a seal so as to provide a separate compartment foreach cigar I0 in which the cedar shield or inner wrapper is enclosedwith the cigar, and the moisture and aroma of the shield and cigar thusintimately associated at all times even when the package is removed fromthe cigar box and maintained fresh and protected from access of the air.until the package is actually opened to permit the cigar to bedischarged therefrom for use.

It islobvious that various changes and modifications may be madel in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claims.

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cigar .package comprising a cigar,a shield disposed opposite ends of the cigar to protect the same againstcontact and crushing by adjacent objects, and a transparent sealingwrapper of relatively stiff bendable material enclosing the shield andthe cigar to permit visual inspection of the shield and ends of thecigar and to maintain the cedar wood sheet in enclosed relation with thecigar, said wrapper having its ends folded flat across the opposite endsof the shield in angular relation to the sides thereof to hold the cigarin the shield and protect the extremities of the cigar and to admitinsertion of the package in a receptacle substantially -equal in widthto the length of the shield, the fold of the transparent Wrapper at oneend of the cigar being yieldable, whereby pressure on the other end ofthe transparent wrapper while the package is held in the hand may slidethe shield with the cigar against the yieldably folded end of thetransparent wrapper and force the same into open position for withdrawalof the shield with the cigar to facilitate removal of the cigar from theshield.

2. A cigar package comprising in combination, a cigar, a shieldcomprising an initially rectangular flat sheet of odorizing materialwrapped' loosely about the cigar and having a free overlappinglongitudinal edge, said shield having open ends, and an outer wrappersubstantially tubular in configuration engaging closely about the shieldfrom end to end to hold said shield in close engagement about the cigar,said wrapper having closed Opposite ends and having a constructioninherently impervious to moisture to retain the moisture content of thecigar while simultaneously admitting odorization of the cigar throughsaid shield, one of said closed ends of the wrapper being freely foldedand held in position by pressure when the packages are placed in a cigarbox and adapted to be forced open upon the relative endwise sliding ofthe wrapper and shield during ejection of the latter from the wrapper,

the other end having a permanent seal, said other end being the mouthend.

3. A cigar package comprising a cigar, a cedar shield enclosing thecigar and being of substantially the same length as the cigar, and atransparent wrapper disposed about the shield and cigar and having theend adjacent the mouth end of the cigar folded flat and permanentlysealed in closed position and having its other end folded anddisposedflat across the other end of the package with the free end ofthe fold overlapping the side of the package to hold the fold closed.said package being adapted to be held in the hand with one fingeragainst the closed and sealed end of the transparent wrapper wherebypressure of the nger against said end of the Wrapper is adapted to shiftthe wrapper lengthwise on the shield and force the latter against saidfreely folded end of the wrapper for opening the same for'. simultaneousejection of the shield and the cigar whereby to render difficult thepositioning of the ngersof the hand in contact With the mouth Iend ofthe cigar when removing same from the wrapper and shield.

JOSEPH B. BACK.

